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Towmond, a twelvemonth Toy, a very old fashion of female head dress

Trashtrie, trash

Undoin, undoing Unfkaith'd, undamaged, unhurt

Uncaring, difregarding

Trowth, truth, a petty oath Unkenn'd, unknown

Tryin, trying

Upo', upon

Trow, to believe

Tranfmugrify'd,

grated, metamorphofed

Trig, fpruce, neat

Trimly, excellently

Trottin, trotting

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Trickie, full of tricks

Try't, tryed

Tunefu', tuneful

Tug, raw hide, of which, in old times, plough traces were frequently made

AP'RIN, vapouring
Vera, very

Virl, a ring round a column, &c.

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Tulzic, a quarrel; to quar- WA

rel, to fight Twa, two Twa-three, a few

Twal, twelve; Twalpennieworth, a fmall quantity, a penny-worth

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Twin, to part 'Twad, it would Tyke, a dog

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NCOS, news Unco, ftrange, uncouth, very, very great, prodigious

walls

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Warran, a warrant; to war- Wearie, or weary; monie a

wearie body, many a different perfon

rant

Wabster, a weaver,

Waukin, to awake

Weet, rain, witness

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Wha, who

alas! O the pity

Waur, worfe; to worst
Waur't worsted
Warlock, a wizzard
Warftl'd or warfl'd, wrestled
Wanereftfu', reftless
Wat, wet; I wat, I wot, I
know

Wanchancie, unlucky
Water-brofe, brofe made of
meal and water fimply,
without the additions of
milk, butter, &c.
Waukit, thickened, as ful-
lers do cloth
Wauble, to fwing, to reel
Wattle, a twig, a wand
Wair to lay out, to expend
Walie, ample, large, jolly;
also an interjection of dif-
trefs
Waft, the woof
Waifu', wailing
Wee, little; wee things,
little ones; wee bit, a fmall

matter

Weel, well; weelfare, well

fare

Wean or weanie, a child
Weafon, weafand
We'fe, we shall

Whase, whose

Whare, where; whare'er, wherever

Whyles, whiles, fometimes Whissle, a whistle, to whistle Whang, a leathern string, a

piece of cheese, bread,&c. to give the strappado Wheep, to fly nimbly, to jerk; penny wheep, small

beer Whun-ftane, a whin-ftone Whirly gigums, useless orna

ments, trifling appendages Whigmeleeries, whims, fancies, crotchets Whifht! filence! to hold one's whifht, to be filent Whaizle, to wheeze Whisk, to sweep, to lash Whiskit, lashed Whid, the motion of a hare runnigg but not frighted, a lie Whiddin, running as a hare or coney

Whitter, a hearty draught of liquor

Whatreck, nevertheless
Whalpit, whelped
Wi', with

Win', wind; win's, winds Wimple, to meander Wimpl't, meandered Wimplin, waving, meandering

Winna, will not Winnock, a window Winkin, winking Wick, to ftrike a stone in an oblique direction, a term in curling Withoutten, without Win, to wind, to winnow Win't, winded, as a bottom of yarn

Wintle, a staggering motion; to ftagger, to reel Winze, an oath Viel, a fmall whirlpool Nifie, a diminutive or endearing term for wife

Wizen'd, hide bound, dryed, fhrunk Wifs, to with

Wrack, to tease, to vex
Wrang, wrong; to wrong
Wreeth, a drifted heap of
fnow
Wraith, a fpirit, a ghoft;
an apparition exactly like
a living perfon, whofe ap-
pearance
is faid to forbode
the perfon's approaching
death

Wud mad, distracted
Wumble, a wimble
Wyte, blame; to blame
Wyliecoat, a flannel vest

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Yerkit, jerked, lashed Yeftreen, yefternight

Winfome, gay, hearty, Yealings, born in the fame

vaunted

Waeful, woeful

Wonner, a wonder, a con

temptuous appellation Wonderfu', wonderful, wonderfully Woo', wool Wooer-bab, the garter knotted below the knee with a couple of loops

Worfet, worfted
Wordy, worthy

year, coevals

Ye, this pronoun is frequently ufed for Thou

Yill, ale

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